Holy Swordsmith

Chapter 142 Phase One
Following Wu Tian'ao's words, the audience around the square let out loud shouts, and the sword casting competition officially started!
Wu Tianao and the four senior swordsmiths came to the center of the stand. This is the center of the stand, not only a symbol of dignity, but also the place with the best view of the whole stand.

At this time, two middle-aged men walked up to the high platform. They were the master swordsmith and sword repairer who were explaining the swordsmith competition.The master swordsmith mainly sees clearly the process of the master swordsmiths forging the sword, while the strong swordsmith can shout out the situation loudly.This is for those who don't know how to make swords to understand what swordsmiths do. After all, those who watch the swordsmith competition, except for those swordsmiths who didn't participate and the senior swordsmiths who are judges, don't care about the rest. Whether it's common people or aristocrats from aristocratic families, they all know a little about sword casting.

"First of all, let me talk about the rules of the Sword Forging Competition. The first thing is that you can't interfere with other swordsmiths. Fair competition is the swordsmith competition. If any swordsmith doesn't abide by it and we find out, the swordsmith will be cancelled. Qualification for the competition. The second is that the main ore for casting swords in the sword casting competition must use the ordinary iron ore we prepared, and the entire sword must not be less than [-]%, and the remaining [-]% ​​can be used with the ore materials you bring. , and no more than two, offenders will be disqualified from the competition.”

Soon the swordsmith's explanation was yelled out by the strong sword repairer next to him, making sure that every swordsmith could hear it, and the swordsmith who was the commentator continued: "The third is the swordsmith competition. The process and time of the competition, the first day is from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] noon, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm, a total of six hours. During these six hours, you must create more than three pieces of tempered steel , and submit it to the judges as the first scoring. Of course, if more than three pieces of tempered steel are created, the best three pieces can be selected for submission.”

"The next day is also from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] noon, and from [-]:[-] pm to [-]:[-] pm. For the casting of swords, three pieces of quenched steel are cast into swords. Two of them are selected and submitted, and the judges will conduct the second round. On the third day, from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] noon, two swords will be sharpened, and the best one will be selected for submission, and the judges will conduct the final evaluation." The master swallowed his saliva, and continued: "Three times, the score on the third day is the highest, the second day is second, and the first day is the lowest. However, the result of the sword casting competition is the sum of the three scores, and it is fair to pay attention to the master swordsmith. All the features, and the final results of the sword casting competition will be announced on the afternoon of the third day, and at the same time, the top ten of the previous day's stage competition will also be announced the next morning."

Some swordsmith masters already knew these rules, but some swordsmith masters didn't understand them, so they said them again.Participating in the sword casting competition this time, there are sword casting masters from various medium-sized cities, as well as local sword casting masters from Tianwu City. There are more than a hundred contestants.It was precisely because of this that the competition was chosen to be held in an extremely vast large square, and to be able to obtain a superior ranking in this competition is definitely a supreme honor, even if it is only the lead in the stage competition, it will make all the swordsmiths enthusiastic.The top ten is the goal of the swordsmith masters, and some of them are extremely high and confident, and they set their sights on the top three, or even the first position.

After the strong sword repairmen had told all the things they should pay attention to, the sword casting competition officially started. All the master swordsmiths ordered their apprentices to raise the stove, while he looked at the five pieces of iron ore placed on the stone table, This is the main ore for this sword casting competition.More people also put the ore materials they prepared on the stone table. Although they can only add [-]% of the ore, compared with ordinary iron ore, adding [-]% ​​of high-quality ore into it will definitely make the tempering of steel better, and It will be of great help to the finished sword later.

"It seems that the masters of swordsmiths have prepared well for this swordsmithing competition!" said the master swordsmith who was explaining. Twenty percent of the remaining ore materials have become the difficulty for master swordsmiths to overcome. The masters were unwilling to lag behind others, and even spent a lot of money to buy better ore materials at the Tianxiang Pavilion auction.

The audience performed their roles very well. Before the sword casting competition started, they chatted loudly, shouted loudly at the beginning of the sword casting competition, but after the sword casting competition started, they all calmed down and looked at the square quietly. Inside, those swordsmith masters and apprentices were about to start busy.

Among them, many people have noticed Ye Shi's situation, and they all showed doubts. Others are older people standing and arranging ore materials, thinking about how to make quenching, while the young ones are raising the bellows to raise the furnace, so they can forge later. Sword Master is ready to start right away.But this young man is doing the opposite here, the older one is pulling the bellows to raise the stove, while the younger one is sorting out the ore materials.This situation really made people feel weird, so many people's eyes stayed there curiously, wanting to see what was going on.

"That's Master Ye from Gaori City." Wu Tianao asked Wu Tianyang beside him. Wu Tianao already knew about the identification of the fake Seventh-Rank Sword that day through Wu Tianyang, so he was very concerned about this young man. The master swordsmith became curious.

On weekdays, Wu Tianyang was very stable, so Wu Tianao would not be like those master swordsmiths who thought that Wu Tianyang didn't know how to forge swords, so he was mistaken.Such a young master swordsmith is definitely a genius with great potential. Maybe he should see him regardless of his ranking in this swordsmith competition.Of course, if he can be ranked higher, Wu Tianyang's heart to absorb this sword-making genius will be even heavier, just like when he recruited Wu Feidao back then, this may be a sword-making talent even more talented than Wu Feidao. Sword Master.

"Yes, regardless of his excellent eyesight, Master Ye has a very high attainment in sword casting, and he told me about this." Wu Tianyang said.

"Could it be that brother, you and Feidao got it wrong?" At this time, the girl on the other side of Wu Tianao said, her voice was full of doubts, obviously she didn't believe that such a young person could be a master swordsmith, and Compared to Wu Feidao, this genius is even more monstrous.

This girl is Wu Tianyang's younger sister, Wu Tianyue, who is also Wu Tianao's most beloved daughter. From the only woman who appeared in the stands this time, it can be seen that Wu Tianao's love for this daughter is as high as Knowing that this stand is also a symbol of status, except for the city lords of medium-sized cities, in Tianwu City, only the patriarch and his heirs can sit on it.

"How could it be?" Wu Tianyang smiled and shook his head, "When you start to do it, you will know whether what I said is true or not."

Wu Tianyue stuck out her tongue at Wu Tianyang, and set her eyes on Ye Shi. She didn't want to see if this Ye Shi was really what her brother said, but wanted to take this Ye Shi into action. How could she make fun of her brother? For this genius brother, it was very rare to have a chance to make fun of him.

Except for Wu Tianao and the other three, the other heads of the Tianwu City family also looked at Ye Shi curiously and asked.The city lords of those medium-sized cities also whispered to each other. Obviously, Ye Shi's appearance attracted the attention of almost everyone in the stands.These people may not keep looking at Ye Shi, but they are all waiting for the moment Ye Shi makes a move. As soon as he makes a move, they can know whether this young master swordsmith really has such strength.

The temperature in the square is getting higher and higher, and there is a cool breath emanating from the water source stone on the stands, so it doesn't feel much.Although all the people in the stands are not low in strength, the nobles of the aristocratic families are naturally unwilling to bake in such a high temperature. It is inevitable to enjoy such a cool and refreshing.But those ordinary people outside the stands were not so comfortable. The scorching heat wave hit the sky, making everyone sweat profusely, and there was a strange smell of sweat in addition to the discomfort, but in order to watch the sword casting competition, they only I can bear it like this.As ordinary people who live in a hurry on weekdays, this sword casting competition is a rare event, which can relieve their tense mood.

Finally, when the furnace was at its peak, as the temperature stabilized by the apprentices, it was time to start refining the ore.Many people have already started throwing iron ore and other ore materials, which has attracted a lot of attention, but most of the attention is still on Ye Shi.

"The temperature is too high, the force to pull the bellows should be lighter, that's right, that's the force, keep it even." Ye Shi told Chen Ying, unlike other master swordsmiths who have apprentices, only Chen Ying can help Ye Shi.

The apprentices of the master swordsmith all started by pulling the bellows to raise the stove, and some of them have been doing this kind of thing until now, so it is very common to raise the stove, just do it as usual.It was the first time for Chen Ying to do such a thing, so Ye Shi naturally needed to explain clearly.

Seeing Chen Ying's clumsy appearance at the beginning, Ye Shi smiled slightly, but he thought of Zhang Ling. That time, he was just talking casually. He didn't expect that Zhang Ling would really help him pull the bellows. His clumsy appearance at the beginning did have a feminine charm. In the end, his face was stained with black, and Ye Shi still couldn't help laughing when he thought of it.

Gently shaking his head, Ye Shi turned his eyes back to the stove. Looking at the temperature of the stove, it was almost ready to throw ore into the stove, but he had to wait for Chen Ying to fully grasp the uniform temperature control, otherwise he would rush into the stove. It will only destroy the ore in vain.

Finally, Ye Shi saw that Chen Ying had been able to control it evenly, and it was time to throw in the ore. At this time, almost all the master swordsmiths had already started to wait for the ore to be released, and the time was slightly consumed from the beginning.After a pause, Ye Shi picked up the iron ore and threw it in.

And at this moment, all the people watching Ye Shi became energetic, and it was finally time to start!

(End of this chapter)